Author: Barbara Dye CallarmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Photographers of Nineteenth Century Los Angeles County
Author: Barbara Dye CallarmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Nineteenth-century Visual Culture Reader
Author: Vanessa R. SchwartzPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415308656
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The nineteenth century is central to contemporary discussions of visual culture. This reader brings together key writings on the period, exploring such topics as photographs, exhibitions and advertising.
Photographers
Author: Peter E. PalmquistPublisher: Carl Mautz Publishing
ISBN: 9781887694186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Carleton Watkins
Author: Carleton E. WatkinsPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606060058
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
This is an opulently illustrated catalogue of the entire remaining mammoth photographs of Carleton Watkins (1829-1916). The work will contribute not only to a fuller understanding of this pioneering photographer but also portray the barely explored frontier in its final moments of pristine beauty.
Pioneer Photographers of the Far West
Author: Peter E. PalmquistPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804738835
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
This extraordinarily comprehensive, well-documented, biographical dictionary of some 1,500 photographers (and workers engaged in photographically related pursuits) active in western North America before 1865 is enriched by some 250 illustrations. Far from being simply a reference tool, the book provides a rich trove of fascinating narratives that cover both the professional and personal lives of a colorful cast of characters.
A Dictionary of the Art and Artists of Nineteenth Century Fresno, California
Author: Ralph J. GornyA Country Called California
Author: Stephen WhitePublisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1626401055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A book of fine-art photography featuring the visual history of California. A Country Called California traces the development of the Golden State from the nineteenth century on, through to its emergence as the fifth largest economy in the world—all as seen through the eyes of photographers whose names are synonymous with fine art photography: Carleton E. Watkins, Dorothea Lange, Eadward Muybridge, Will Connell, Edward Weston, Max Yavno, A.C. Vroman, Mabel Watson, and many more. Author Stephen White, a longtime photography gallerist and collector, has curated the book to perfection, capturing the California that is its own country, the light that has captivated every photographer's eye.
Pictorial Photography and the American West, 1900-1950
Author: Rachel SailorPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004519769
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This book is an investigation of the widely overlooked photographic style of pictorialism in the American West between 1900 and 1950 and argues that western pictorialist photographers were regionalists that had their roots in the formidable photographic heritage of the nineteenth-century American West.
The Photographs of Édouard Baldus
Author: Malcolm R. DanielPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0810964872
Category : Architectural photography
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This book, the first to chronicle the life and career of this important artist, brings his work once more before the public.
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set
Author: Lynne WarrenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135205434
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 1849
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography explores the vast international scope of twentieth-century photography and explains that history with a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary manner. This unique approach covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force. This Encyclopedia presents the important developments, movements, photographers, photographic institutions, and theoretical aspects of the field along with information about equipment, techniques, and practical applications of photography. To bring this history alive for the reader, the set is illustrated in black and white throughout, and each volume contains a color plate section. A useful glossary of terms is also included.